Clamp.



T. NEWTON & H. JOURDAN.

CLAMP.

APYLIGATION FILED DEC. 22, 1908.

925,828, Patepted June- 22, 1909.

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' THOMAS NEWTON AND HENRY JOURDAN, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Application filed December 22, 1908. Serial No. 468,847.

To allwhom 'it may concern:-

I of which the following is a ull, clear, and

exact description.

Our invention relates to clamps, and has for its object to provide aclamp for leather and other goods, in which a member is provided with aflange at one end and arms to which are pivoted a movable member havmg aflange which is adapted to engage the flange on the first named member,there being shoulders on the pivoted member against which a springpresses to hold the piv otedmember firmly in an open or closed position,the spring, being secured to the first named member.

Still other objects of the invention will ap ear in the followingcomplete description. n this specification We will describe thepreferred form of our invention, but it will e understood that we do notlimit ourselves thereto, as we consider ourselves entitled to all formsand embodiments of the invention.

which may be held to fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying'drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the in ventlon; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe clamp showing one of the arms broken away.

By referring to the drawings, it will be 46 seenthat a member 1 isprovided, which has a flange 2 substantially at right-angles thereto,and arms 3, one at each side, the arms afit'h. first? time er may hbeing also disposed substantially at rightang'les to the member 1, theflange and the arms being disposed in the same direction. The rear ofthe member 1 is bent downwardly so that the front and rear of thebottom. of the member form an obtuse angle, but it will be understoodthat this is a mere matter of construction and that the device may bemanufactured with the member 1 substantiall flat. The arms 3 extendforwardly, and at a short distance behind the plane of the flange 2, amember 4 is pivoted "to the arms'3, themember 4 having a flan e 5 whichis adaptedto engage the inner si e held between the flanges. The member4 extends rearwardly from trunnions 7, b

which it is pivoted to the arms 3, for its in l width a short distance,and a tongue 8 then forms a continuation of the member 4, the tonguebeing integral with said member. To the member 1 is secured a leafspring 9, said spring having bifurcated arms 10 between which the tongue8 is disposed, the

bifurcated arms 10 ressing against the rear of the member 4. n the rearof the member 1 there is an orifice 11 by which the clamp may be securedor be supported.

In using our invention, the tongue 8 is lifted upwardly, which throwsthe flange 5 rearwardly and away from the flange 2, and the material 6may be inserted over the flange 2 until it strikes the arms 3, wherethey join the member 1. 8 is lifted upwardly, the rear portions 12 ofthe member 4 are raised and the bifurcated arms 10 press against them tohold the member 4 in this position. \Vhen the material 6 has beeninserted in the clamp, as has been described, the tongue 8 is pusheddownwardly, which causes the rear portions 12 of the member 4 to movefrom substantially a perpendicular position to horiz'ontal one, and asthey reach the latter position the bifurcated arms, which continue toengage them, press down against the rear portions 12 of the member 4 tohold them yieldingly in this position, but with sufficient force to keepthe flange 5 pressing against the mate rial 6, which separates it fromthe flange 2.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1, In a clamp, a member having a flange and arms disposed substantiallyat rightangles thereto, a second member pivoted to the arms, the pivotedmember having a When the tongue flange which is adapted to be disposedin close proximity to the flange on the 'first named member, the pivotedmember extending rearwardly a short distance beyond its pivoted portionand having a rearwardly extending tongue which is less in. width thanthe pivoted member, the pivoted member having rear portions at eitherside of the tongue, and a leaf spring secured to the first named member,the spring having bifurcated arms which rest on the rear of the pivotedmember one at either side of the rearwardly extending tongue.

2. In a clamp, a member having'a flange [sides disposed at right anglesthereto, a sec- 7 end member pivoted tothe arms, the pivoted" memberhaving a. flange, whichis adapted to be disposed in close proximity tothe flange -5 on the first named member, the saidmembers extendingrearwardly beyond their ivoted connection, the first named memerextending a relatively greater distance in from its rear terminal the'srin havin bifurcated arms, rest on the rear of the pivoted member, oneat either side of the H that direction, a, real-wildly extending 1 0tongue secured to the second member, which is less in width than theaeallxiinmmlla, the second member having 1w he wm-n. at, hither side ofthe tongue, 1 leaf spring, a surig'ce'of which is secured ainst theupper side of the first named mem er at a distance two subscribingWitnesses. h

i THOMAS X NEWTON.

me! 4 HENRY JOURDAN.

Witnesses:

ADAM Tj DAVIS, LEWIs BENNETT.

